светулка
Bulgarian
Насекомо светулка (Photuris lucicrescens)
Etymology
све́тя (svétja) + -улка (-ulka)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [svɛˈtuɫkə]
Noun
свету́лка • (svetúlka) f (diminutive свету́лчица)
- firefly, firebug, lampyrid (bettle of family Lampyridae, known for their bioluminescence)
- Synonyms: (dialectal) све́тка (svétka), (dialectal) блесту́нка (blestúnka), (formal, rare) ламберу́да (lamberúda)
Declension
Declension of свету́лка
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | свету́лка svetúlka | свету́лки svetúlki |
| definite | свету́лката svetúlkata | свету́лките svetúlkite |
| vocative form | свету́лко svetúlko | свету́лки svetúlki |
Related terms
- свят (svjat, “world”)
- свети́ло (svetílo, “light source, luminary, beacon”)
- светлина́ (svetliná, “light”)
References
- светулка in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Institut za bǎlgarski ezik)
- светулка in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Čitanka.Info)
- Nayden Gerov; Тодор Панчев (1904), “свѣту́лка”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language] (in Bulgarian), volume 5, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 142
Macedonian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈsvɛtuɫka]
Noun
светулка • (svetulka) f
- firefly, firebug
Declension
Declension of светулка
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | светулка | светулки |
| definite unspecified | светулката | светулките |
| definite proximal | светулкава | светулкиве |
| definite distal | светулкана | светулкине |
| vocative | светулке | светулки |